diff --git a/Lib/test/support/venv.py b/Lib/test/support/venv.py
index 78e6a51ec1815e..7bfb9e4f3c479f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/venv.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/venv.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import sys
 import sysconfig
 import tempfile
+import unittest
 import venv
 
 
@@ -68,3 +69,14 @@ def run(self, *args, **subprocess_args):
             raise
         else:
             return result
+
+
+class VirtualEnvironmentMixin:
+    def venv(self, name=None, **venv_create_args):
+        venv_name = self.id()
+        if name:
+            venv_name += f'-{name}'
+        return VirtualEnvironment.from_tmpdir(
+            prefix=f'{venv_name}-venv-',
+            **venv_create_args,
+        )
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py b/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py
index 3950d8888d4c8c..3738914cf17de8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from test.support.import_helper import import_module
 from test.support.os_helper import (TESTFN, unlink, skip_unless_symlink,
                                     change_cwd)
-from test.support.venv import VirtualEnvironment
+from test.support.venv import VirtualEnvironmentMixin
 
 import sysconfig
 from sysconfig import (get_paths, get_platform, get_config_vars,
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 HAS_USER_BASE = sysconfig._HAS_USER_BASE
 
 
-class TestSysConfig(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestSysConfig(unittest.TestCase, VirtualEnvironmentMixin):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestSysConfig, self).setUp()
@@ -111,13 +111,6 @@ def _cleanup_testfn(self):
         elif os.path.isdir(path):
             shutil.rmtree(path)
 
-    def venv(self, **venv_create_args):
-        return VirtualEnvironment.from_tmpdir(
-            prefix=f'{self.id()}-venv-',
-            **venv_create_args,
-        )
-
-
     def test_get_path_names(self):
         self.assertEqual(get_path_names(), sysconfig._SCHEME_KEYS)